Three Things Meme

1.Things that scare me:
-Spiders.
-Falling down a man-hole.
-losing my husband and kids.

2. People who make me laugh:
-Alvin.
-Carry.
-Karen.

3. Things I hate the most:
-Being late.
-Not getting enough sleep.
-Being lied to.

4. Things I don't understand:
-Why Mason won't sleep.
-How to add/subtract/divide or multiply Fractions.
-Why my mother makes so many excuses for my brother.

5. Things I'm doing right now:
-Answering this.
-Listening to the kids (fight) play.
-wishing my coffee wasn't so hot.

6. Things I want to do before I die:
-visit England with my family.
-take the kids to Disney.
-Become a grandmother.

7. Things I can do:
-Make a mean Mac N Cheese.
-Bend my index finger 90* at the middle knuckle.
-Decorate cakes(kinda...).

8. Ways to describe my personality:
-Friendly.
-People pleasing.
-Distracted.

9. Things I can't do:
-Sing.. which is a real shame because I love to sing and would be quite good at it if I could do it(Thanks for the perfect answer Julie!!).
-Take Really good photos.
-Play the violin.

10. Things I think you should listen to:
-Your Heart.
-Your instincts.
-Your children.

11. Things you should never listen to:
-Jerry Springer.
-My brother.
-William Hung.

12. Things I'd like to learn:
-How to play the violin.
-Cake Decorating (Like, proper, fancy techniques).
-What it is that will make Mason SLEEP!

13. Favorite foods:
-Pizza.
-Mashed potatoes.
-Cheesecake.

14. Beverages I drink regularly:
-Coffee.
-Tea.
-Juice.

15. Shows I watched as a kid:
-Fraggle Rock.
-Polka Dot Door.
-Today's Special.

16. Persons I'm tagging to do this meme:
-Jenn.
-JulieQ.
-Helen.

WOOHOO!

And an appology to my husband :(

But first!! We had a great weekend. Went to my Mom and George's for dinner with the family on Saturday. The next morning, the kids slept until 8AM!! I can't tell you that that has EVER happened before!! It was lovely. And has continued. They're sleeping past 7! I love it!! Soooo much better than the 6AM starts I was putting up with before!

Sunday Al made us an AMAZING Turkey dinner. OMGoodness. Everything was Sooooo yummy! There has been no pig kicking going on around here let me tell ya! :)

Monday(this is the big one!!) My Dad, stepmother, and both landlords came here. My Dad is buying the house!!!!!!! And then, when we're in a better position, we'll be buying it from him!!! I am soooooooo excited!!! Scared, but excited. I was starting to think it was never going to happen. But now, this is going to be ours! And I won't have to pack! YAY! LOL! Hate Packing. Hate it.

And even More exciting, we're borrowing more from the bac\nk than the actual cost of the house, and we're going to remodel the Kitchen!!! OMG!!! I cannot WAIT!! Well, I can, because i am pretty sure than I am going to feel the same about remodelling as I do about packing, but man, in the end...lovely. I wonder if I will cook better when it's all done?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...yeah, probably not. So, I do have a question...I need to know what all my ( 5) readers LOVE and HATE about their kitchens?? I only have 1 shot at this, and I need to make it perfect!

And now on to the appology. I mentioned in my last post that I didn't have the support from my husband on the sleep training issue. Well, apparently, as I learned at 1 AM this morning, I did. I just didn't know it. You see, when the crying would start, and then continue, the husband would get cranky. And he made one particular comment about sleeping in the basement until all of this was over, which gave me the distinct impression, that I do Not infact, have his blessing and support.

So, *I think* we are going to try again in a couple weeks. When I am feeling better(Hint: I still am not, Antibiotics, Shmantibiotics) and have the week off because Henry and Family are going to England...without me. SOB!!! So anyway, I appologize to Alvin. I was misinformed. I was misreading your actions and comments. But in my defense...you never answered my letter!!

So there you have it.

OH OH!! Also!!! Jenna and Aidan were playing together ALL WEEKEND LONG!!! And for the most part, NOT FIGHTING!!! It was SOOO amazing. I am sooo happy to see them becoming friends. Warms the heart a wee bit :) See ladies! There's hope :)

~Lisa~

Blahhhhg.

Nothing much is going on around here. Unless you count the following:

1. I am STILL sick. it's been almost 3 weeks. Dr.W diagnosed me as having a chest And sinus infection. The meds didn't work well, but he wants me to give it a few more days. I can't hear. I'm cranky. When I shower it sounds like I am inside a car going through the car wash. I am having some serious sensory issues.

2. My Dad is coming on Monday. My landlords are coming too. WE ARE BUYING THE HOUSE!!!! Kind-of. My Dad is buying it. We are paying him for it. God, I just pray that we are able to handle it all. I also pray that my Dad is cunning enough to talk the price down a good chunk. Thank you always, to The Bank of Dad. We can't do it on our own, despite paying rent religiously for 6 years here, the bank is being all snotty-snotty poo-poo because Al was let go, through no damn fault of his own, before he had worked there for 2 year. Bastards. Hate.

3. I have given up on the sleep training. A. because I am sick, and need more sleep than 2 hours a night. and B. Because I didn't have the support from my husband that I need. We're working on it though.

4. We have however, given up bottles! YAY!

5. Aidan said he hates me, and is growing horns. :(

6. Jenna is doing Awesome at school. She's READING!! I love this!! but hate it too :)

7. That's it :)

~Lisa~
P.s. Did you get your package yet JulieQ??

Somewhat easier than I thought it would be....

I finally decided that I had had enough of getting up the night with Mason. He's 13 months old, doesn't eat in the night, isn't cold, or sick, and can sleep dammit! So, Saturday I started it. A modified version of the Ferber method of sleep training.

Don't hate me. While I LOVE the snuggles, and attachment parenting style for wee babies, I tire of it when the baby is old enough to start kicking me in the ribs/head/tummy while he co-sleeps with me and my husband for half the night. Although, I am still a total softie. Picking him up when he cries, feeling absolutely torn apart listening to his cries during this process, when I know, that all he wants is his mommmy.

So, Saturday at naptime I took Mason to his room, tried to give him his milk, which he refused, but whatever. I rocked him for a couple minutes, told him I love him, that it was time to go to sleep, and laid him in his crib. I rubbed his chest for a couple minutes, and that was it!! He cried a wee bit, I went back in after 5 minutes, and then!!! He went to sleep!!! WALLA!

Bedtime after that was a whole other story though :) It took nearly and hour to get him to go to sleep. But then he slept until 5:30! Sunday went about the same. If I could figure out a way for him to stop throwing his soother over the side of his crib, I think we'll be golden! lol...just in time to wean him from that! HA!

While this isn't how I would have liked things to go, I am pretty sure that in the end, when he's sleeping longer, and settling himself, I'll be thrilled with the results.

I hope. Because seriously, the crying? It sucks.

~Lisa~

I 'kicked the pig' Julie!!!

Head on over to Julie bo bolie's (http://www.jaabeemom.blogspot.com/)and you'll know what I mean :)

The alternator in the van died on Monday. Add it to the damn list of "What's next..." However, it means we're down to one car until we can afford to get it fixed. It's not a big huge deal, now that Al is working in town, I can drive him in the mornings I need the car.

Today however, I didn't drive him. But I needed to get JulieQ's package out, and we needed fruit. I could have waited until Al got home. But instead, I decided to kick the pig. So, I put Mason in the stroller, and off we went to the nearest grocery store and postal outlet.

According to mapquest, it's 1.35 kilometers away from my home. However, while walking with a 2.5 year old and a 5 year old and pushing a stroller, I think that number should actually read 27.84 kilometers. Times two.



So, there you go Julie. I kicked the pig today. And it felt good :)

~Lisa~

Oh Dear...

I'm killing myself laughing over here.

Jenna has this little case with 'make-up' in it that her friend gave her. It's just some eye shadows, very pale, and I let her wear it occasionally, at home.

Well, just a minute ago MY SON! came over to me and said "You want a make-over Mommy?" I laughed and said yes, of course :) He very carefully put three different colours on my right eyelid. He went for more, but I asked him to make my left eye match. To which he replied "of course, of course". And THEN! He ran the brush over the pale pink and put it on my Cheeks!!

I am seriously laughing Still!!

~Lisa~

Finally!! A yummy cough medicine!!!

For many years now, the only cough medicine that hasn't made me want to vomit is triaminic. That's right, the kids stuff. You can imagine how well that worked.

Until today.

I've been sick for almost a week. Just a cold/flu type bug that won't. Go. AWAY! The cough set in yesterday. A hacking, phlegmy, painful cough. Annoying too. This morning as I was sending Al on his merry way to work/training, he said "Hey, have you ever heard of theobromine? It stops coughing." "Huh? no. Gimme it." And then, like music to my aching ears he says, "It's in Cocoa. Make yourself a cup, I bet it works." And Hallelujah!! IT WORKS!!!!!

Here's the recipe for the yummiest cough medicine EVER!

2 heaping teaspoons of cocoa
2 heaping teaspoons of sugar
1 mug of warm milk

Mix the cocoa and sugar together in the bottom of the mug. Pour in a little of the warm milk to make a paste. Add the rest of the milk, mix well, and enjoy!!

You're welcome :)

~Lisa~

Julie...

The name Julie has always stood out for me. I love the name (And all like it, Julia, Jules, etc.) Al and I always circle around it like curious vultures when naming our babies, and should we be blessed with another girl(though 99% impossible as that is) I am quite confident that her name would contain the name Julie in some way.

My mother and I have both often encountered people forgetting or mis-hearing our names...and we're called Julie. My Mom I can understand, as her name is Joy. As a Lisa though, I never understood how people could get Julie from that. But, since I love the name so much, never minded much.

For about 3 years now I have had a very special Julie in my life. We met on BabyZone. We fell in like over common likes and dislikes(of certain BZ users but we won't go there), and I'm pretty such we fell into friendship the instant we met in real life, and held each other's babies :) Julie has been there for me so many times it is hard to keep track of them all. She's lent. She's given. She's driven to Barrie to meet my newborn baby boy, and then turned around and drove back after only 30 minutes(With Jenn I can't forget to mention...and they brought me snacks!!). She's fed me cheesecake :) She's made me coffee, and tea. She's shopped, and advised. She's just the kind of friend that you can pick up right where you left off the last time you saw each other. And I love her to bits. Julie turns into a very special kind of Ghoolie at Halloween. And that Ghoolie just sent us a money transfer to buy my boy a Buzz Lightyear Costume. However....

There's another Julie in my life. JulieQ. She's the sweetest, kindest, gentlest kind of Julie. I also met her on BabyZone. But I got to know her so much better on her Blog. She inspires me, with her 'large' family of 4 incredibly brilliant, beautiful kids. Her concern for them always touches my heart. She makes due, she fights, she laughs, she reads, she plays and she just seems like such a FUN mother! I will never give up hope of meeting her someday. Michigan isn't that far really. Just at the end of Ontario :) It will happen. And when it does, I am sure that her Zachary, and my Jenna will hit it off just as well as Julie and I :) This Julie offered us her sons beloved Buzz Lightyear costume from last year. I was just overwhelmed at the kindness. The thoughtfulness.

When I told Julie-Bo-Bolie about the offer of JulieQ's costume, and of course, offered to send her money back, she immediately told me no way. That I am to spend it on Mason, or Jenna, or...ME! I am overwhelmed with all this kindness. I haven't decided what I will be using it for yet, but she certainly gave me some lovely ideas :)

So thank you Julie and Julie. I am so lucky to have you BOTH in my life. And trust me, if ever another girl should grace our family, and I call her Julie, know that I will be thinking of both of you everytime I say her name.

Much Love,
~Lisa~

What's a Mom to do??

Aidan wants DESPERATELY to be Buzz Lightyear for Halloween this year. The Disney Store is still carrying the Buzz costumes this year. But they're $50!!! I'm sorry. I LOVE Halloween, and I LOVE my son, but I just can't afford that. I found a cheaper one at the grocery store(who knew?!) but it's true, you get what you pay for...$22.99 gets you a one piece, polyester, cheap looking Buzz costume. Also not going there. I looked on ebay...prices there are also crazy, and the bidding wars are already starting. Looks like I'm gonna have to either search harder, or convince my son to be something else for Halloween. But man...he would make a really cute Buzz :)

It's going well :)

Al's new job is working out so well for all of us. Except Al :) Poor guy is positively EXHAUSTED when he gets home now. It's about all he can do to come in, shower and eat dinner. But, I'm sure with time it'll get better. The kids bear the brunt unfortunately, as when he's tired, his patience is thin. But that too will come around I'm sure.

I must say, while in the beginning I found it a little odd that my husband was employed as a "Garbage Man" (Which he totally is not, he's on the recycling crew YAY!!!) I don't know that I have ever been more proud of him. He's in a job that I respect, that gives us more freedom as a family, and that is guarenteed to always be a required profession. I love asking him about his day. And hearing that he lifted about 15,000-20,000 pounds that day. I love hearing how many blue boxes he tagged, and how he's getting better at driving the truck. I guess it all just feels right to me.

I'm sure he'd rather be doing something much much different, but for now, this is great.

~Lisa~

A shift in perspective...

Al started his new job this morning. Things were much the same around here. He turned off his alarm clock. I turned off mine. I woke up 30 minutes later with a start because it was 5:30, and Al was supposed to start at 6! oops! New rule, no one turns off their alarm until their feet are on the floor! And by no one, I really just mean Al :) The kids are my alarm clock :)

I went back to bed after making his lunch(Also new, that's usually his job :)) But when I got up with Aidan, like normal, I turned on Breakfast Television. I used to watch the weather and the traffic in Toronto (And to see what's going on in the world of course!) But today was different. I watched the traffic...and didn't need to! I used to watch to see if there were any delays on Al's route. I don't need to do that anymore!!! I need to listen to the radio now, I guess...but since he only take 3 roads all the way to work, I'm doubting I'll hear much :)

I was also thinking that I would go grocery shopping this morning, since we didn't do it this weekend. I am not a huge fan of shopping on my own with all three kids. It always cuts into Mason's morning Nap, and I usually either forget things, or get too much. But now, Al is (we think) due home at 4:15!! We can go then...or just after dinner!! Because I KNOW WHEN HE'LL BE HERE!!! Oh joy, oh bliss!!!

This is so lovely :)

On a not so lovely note. All the people involved in 9/11 5 years ago are close in my thoughts and heart today. I remember the day so clearly, even though it didn't effect(affect??) me personally. Jenna was 3 months old. I held her all day long. I was glued to the TV. I prayed like never before. I still think of that day often. I still pray for them all.

ETA!!! Al walked through the door at 2:49!!! TWO! FORTY-NINE!!!! WOO! This RAWKS!

~Lisa~

Wow. What a change a day can make. We are so very blessed, lucky, have horseshoes up our asses, whatever.

Wednesday night Frith called to offer a job to Al. They are LOCAL!! The pay isn't great to start. But, we'll be saving about $300 a month in gas, so hopefully it will even out in the end. He's going to take it!!! I am SO happy. Gonna be strange to tell people that my husband is a garbage man, but whatever. I'm so past that now. He's employed. That's all I care right now. Well, and that he's LOCAL!! I mean seriously, he could walk to the new job faster than it's taking him to drive to the towing place!! And the hours are steady!! He can call at 5 to tell me he's coming home, and then walk in the door 10 minutes later!! This is going to be sooo good for the kids!!! They love him so very much. You wouldn't believe the behaviours i get when they haven't seen him in awhile. Awful.. And then they turn into angels as soon as he walks in the door.

Yesterday when I was at work, Jenny asked me how everything was going. I was honest and said lousy. :) And then went on to explain that it looked like I would be needing to call the bank to beg their forgiveness on out loan payment this month. Which I was dreading. Jenny said she was sure they wouldn't mind, and that she had done it before, and then asked how much the loan payment was, so I told her(actually, I rounded down lol). And that was all that was said.

When I got home, I checked my email, and there, at the top off my unread messages, was an email money transfer from Jenny. For the entire amount of money I told her our payment was. With a note attached saying not to pay them back! I'm not talking a few dollars here. I am in soooo much shock. My pride told me don't accept it. But my bank account said different. I fully intend on paying her back. But I have a feeling she may not take it.

So, that's where we are now. Still broke, but happier all around. And so very blessed.

~Lisa~

She's a Senior Now!!

Senior Kindergarten that is :)

I can't believe we're back to school already. I was LOVING the summer. So bummed that it's over :(

Anyway, here's my senior :)


~Lisa~

COOL!! (Or should I say Kool?)

I Just a few minutes ago emailed a request to a local radio station(107.5 Kool Fm), AND THEY PLAYED IT!! I requested "Wake Me Up When September Ends", by Green Day. My kids LOVE Green Day, geniuses that they are. Every time this particular song comes on the radio Jenna and Aidan both sing along :)

So I sent it out to them, and they got to hear their names on the radio, and their favourite song :) I don't think *they* really understood what was going on, but I was pretty excited :)

YAY...lol...small things right?

~Lisa~

(Good) News

Al finally got a new job yesterday. He starts today. He's back doing heavy equipment towing. I'm not thrilled, as he is also back in the city, working for commission, and his hours are never going to be the same day to day. I was SO hoping for him to get a job close to home, with good pay and normal hours. I guess that was too much to ask for. I guess now I just have to hope that he doesn't give up on looking for something different.

The good news though, is that he's working for a MUCH better company. Supplied uniforms and hats. He has a phone, and all the papaerwork he needs. And there's benefits after 3 months WOOHOO! So, already this place is Way more organized than the idiots he worked for last time. I just wish it was closer.

It was SO nice having him home for these two weeks though. The kids were happy, the house was immaculate! and I loved walking through the door every afternoon seeing all of their smiling faces. And I know he loved it too. He would make such an awesome stay-at-home Dad. I honestly don't personally know many men that can handle it.

So, that's the update. Sorry it took so long. Been kinda in a blogging funk. But I'm back. With pictures of Jenna's first day of school yesterday. But those will have to come later, there's dishes to be done, and laundry to fold.

Gotta keep up with Al :)

~Lisa~

A very quick update.

1. Al lost his job. Out of the blue. No warning. They decided to downsize instead of upsize the company. Al and 4 mechanics were let go.

2. We had Mason's birthday party last Sunday. He didn't eat any cake. He still won't try many new things. But the bubble theme was a hit!!

3. My BABY turned ONE! on Wednesday!!! And he's walking WAY more than crawling now :)

4. My parents are the victims of a debit card scam. They've lost $800. No idea when they'll get it back. I feel awful that I can't help them.

5. We were in Timmins visiting Al's family from Friday-today. We are thinking of moving there. Maybe. Just for a couple years. maybe. We had a really good visit. Al's Mom turned 60 on Thursday so we took Al's sister Heather, her son Joe and us up to surprise her with a visit :) She looked like a deer in headlights when she walked in!!

6. After busting my ass to get the house spotless, we probably can't buy it. I'm rather depressed.

Off to bed. I'm so exhausted.

~Lisa~

ACK! I am sooo freaking out.

My landlord has been here for a week. Stupid Stinky Stan moved out. His apartment was Trashed!!! Literally. So much more grossness than the internet is allowed to endure.

So, the landlord comes by. Says he's going to do some cleaning. And is also going to paint around our windows(Yay!) Next thing I know, they're patching and painting the apartment downstairs. After that, they're ripping up the carpet and underlay. Talking about new windows. Trimming trees, whacking weeds.

And then, my landlord and his wife are knocking on my door. They are selling the house.

SELLING...THE...HOUSE!!

DUDE!!

They want to sell the house to US!!! ME!! And AL!! OH...MY...FREAKING GOODNESS!! oh My HELL!!

How!? I mean, How!?

And When!? (Hint:I still don't know)

And HOW?!

Our savings consists of about $3.27 in change in a can on the counter. We are not that great with money(I am literally in much pain from admitting that out loud).

I WANT the house. But I am afraid of it. I want to join that millions of people who can check off OWN on surveys asking about their home ownership. I want to complain about my mortgage. But I am so afraid. Afraid of the responsibility. Afraid of the what-ifs. Afraid of the largeness of it all.

And then there's the flip side. If we don't get the house, we're homeless. HOME-LESS. We have Very affordable rent. Rent that we will Never duplicate in a million years for 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, laundry, parking, utilities and a garage.

DUDE! I am so freaking out.

I don't know the next step!! Who do I call? What do I say to convince whoever it is that I call that we are good people, who LOVE the house, and will work really hard to make it lovely, and will be able to make the payments, because, hello? there's an apartment! That we will rent! That will help pay back all the money we need you to lend us! And we have Jobs! That give us some money. That we can give some of to pay back all the money we need to buy this house which we want to make so lovely!

Crap.

~Lisa~

Look at Mason!!!!

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She's Home!

We went and picked up Al's new car yesterday. I am so insanely Jealous :) While he's driving around in this sexy beotch...

I get to chug around town in this beast :)

Now, don't get my wrong. I LOVE the freedom having my own vehicle brings. I just had hoped it would be a sexier, sleeker more ME kind of vehicle.

Like this for instance :)Pretty :) I Heart the Nissan Murano!

But, anyway, it's only a dream. The real point of this is that we are looking for a name for the Malibu. Our last Malibu was Barbie. The Van is Vinnie. Our Dynasty was Margaret, the Hyundai Accent was Otto. Nothing is coming to me for the Malibu though.

I'm trying to get my camera software on this computer. Al took a bunch of pictures of the Malibu, so maybe that will help :)

Peace out Dudes!

~Lisa~

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly!

The Good:

We've had some good days lately. Saturday was fun...eventually. We went to 'the city' (Toronto) to look at cars for Al. He has a Pontiac Pursuit through his work, but it's just not big enough for all of us to fit in, and with gas prices what they are, it's too expensive to take my van (A Safari) travelling. So, he's looking at a Malibu. Why we traded in our old Malibu, I'll never know :( Anyway, after that we met up with Al's sister Heather. And had a Great time!! Normally I dread visits with them, as her husband is such an arse sometimes. But it was great this time :) We went to Swiss Chalet for dinner and had the Slowest waitress known to man. Al had heather and I in Tears from laughing by the time we were ready to order dessert! She forgot to ask us, and then everytime she walked near, Al would gesture with the dessert menu, and say "Cheesecake!". This went on for about 5 minutes until she finally turned and said "Oh! Did someone want cheesecake?" I damn near lost it for good. I couldn't even see I was laughing and crying so hard! Good times :)

We bought my brother a car seat for his baby. Damion's been riding around in his infant seat for about a month too long now. My brother kept saying they could get him one in July...and it just kept on not happening. So, I talked to Al, and we agreed that we couldn't have it on our conscience any longer to have him riding like that. Off to Wal-Mart we went. Lucky for us there was one on sale for $79!! My Mom offered to pay for half, but we declined, and told her to apply it to the money we had to borrow from them last year. It's so nice to be comfortable enough to be able to do that! And i feel sooo much better knowing Damion is safe again. Man, am I annoyed with my brother though!! ugh. Oh well.

The Bad:
I am so friggin hot. Like, can't breathe, don't come near me/touch me/look at me hot.

My periods have been Awful this month and last :( So very painful, and way heavier tahn I have Ever experienced. I'm thinking of talking to my doctor to see if going on the pill will help any of that, but haven't quite decided yet. I hate taking the pill.

Also under the bad...I bought new bras last week. I think they are too big. They're only 36B! Oh yes people. I think I may need an A Cup!! Sooo annoyed!!!!!!!!! This time last year, I was a 38C-D!!! I have nothing left! When I lay on my back, my ribs stick up higher than my boob! It's awful! Of course, in defence of my body, Jenna(My 9lb-er!) camped out under my ribs for a good part of my pregnancy, so they really stretched and spread in order to accomodate her...and then 2 babies after that, they just gave up :) But still!! Did my boobs have to give up on me!?

The Ugly:

I had an Awful day with Henry today. I was feeling pretty rough, headache, nausea, blah. I guess he could sense it. He was really aggressive. And I broke down. I couldn't do it anymore, so I carried him to his room, and then went in the bathroom for a cry. I hate crying. I hate it even more in front of other people. I get all read and spotchy. bah. I thought I had myself calmed down, and went back downstairs to pack up my stuff. Jenny looked at me and asked what was wrong, and of course, I lost it again. I'm so embarrassed. I just couldn't get through to Henry today. No reinforcer or consequence would make him work again. And he hates being touched, so that doesn't help at times like this, when the rule is to do a physical prompt. Where I take his hand and perform the task with him. Every time I did that, he lost it. I don't know what to do...and I hate that. I felt sooo unqualified to be there today. So lost.

So that's that. Tomorrow is another day. Here's hoping for a good one.

~Lisa~

Pulling weeds is better than pulling hair.

WHAT was in the air tonight!? My kids were being such Hooligans!! They couldn't even Look at each other without screeching and bawling. It was awful. I tried every tactic known to mother to get them to "GET THE HELMAIHDWHWI ALONG For GOODNESS Sakes!!" Oh yes. I did.

Eventually I had had enough. I turned on the TV. Oh yes. I did. And then I left the house. At first I just stood outside the front door. Just breathing. Just enjoying the quiet air inside my head. About 2.8 seconds later the kids were at the door, looking like pathetic lost orphans. I scared them away. The neighbours probably are scared of me now too. HA! So THERE!

And then, out of desperation, out of a need to just do SOMETHING for myself, Anything to just take me away from the stress that had consumed me, I pulled weeds. and pulled and pulled and pulled.

And after awhile, I was calmed enough for the kids to come outside again. And they did just fine. Played like angels. I almost got my front walkway completely clear of weeds. Winners all around.

And really, pulling out weeds is much more legal than pulling out their hair.

~Lisa~

Water fascinates me.

I was thinking about water this morning while in the shower. And it really does fascinate me.
Cases in point:

- I find it amazing that I can fill a dirty bowl with water, return to it a few hours later, and be able to wipe it clean.

- I find it amazing that water is powerful enough(when the right tool is used) to take paint from a fence, yet gentle enough to take dirt from my babies.

- I find it amazing that the same water that I use to nourish my body, can also be used to nourish my house plants.

- I am Blown AWAY by water's ability to turn soap, in any form, bar, liquid powder, you name it, into LATHER!! Just the addition of water and there's a million little bubbles!

- I love that it can hold a hot or cold temperature for long periods of time.

- I love that we can swim in it.

- I love that we can rely on it to keep our gardens and grass green and lush.

-And I really love it, not too cold, with a little bit of Lemon.

I know. I'm a little strange. :)

~Lisa~

Fear Not Dear Internet! I have not forgotten you. I have not died. My Hard-drive however, is a whole other story. My advice? Get the extended warranty. Bah. Luckily my awesomer than awesome husband hooked up our old jelopy of a computer(Which we LOVE! Yes we do!!)

I had such a day from Hell yesterday. Started out at 3:30AM. When Karen’s Baby woke up Mason with his screaming. Their cribs are against the same wall. And apparently the builder decided NOT to use the concrete blocks necessary for code here in Canada between our semis. Karen apparently is either deaf or believes in CIO, because OMG the screaming from that baby. Ugh. This happened when Aidan and Logan were back to back in these rooms too. I moved Aidan’s crib, even though I hated where I had to move it to. I keep trying to figure out a way to convince Karen to move Evan’s crib, but I doubt it’s going to happen. She's one of those smart responsible mothers that bolts everything to the walls.

Carry on to the morning. Mason is still sick. He’s been running a fever since last Friday, and soon after developed a barking cough. Then came the runny nose. And the crankies. I hemmed and hawed all morning about whether I should stay home with him or go to work. I didn't figure I would be able to get an appointment with my doctor in the morning so I went to work.

Mistake!!! Henry had an AWFUL day!! There was A LOT of activity at his house that morning before I got there, which got him way over-stimulated. So out came the aggression I haven't seen in a couple months. Ugh. I was so exhausted. My brain just did NOT want to deal with that at all :( But I got through it. and we both left smiling.

Get to Mason's afternoon(told ya) appointment. Oh boy. Lay on the guilt!! He has a sinus and throat infection :( I feel so awful for letting him try to fight it off for a week before taking him in.
But he's got his antibiotics now, and seems better already. He Finally had a good nap this morning!.

My housework has been forgotten for most of the week. It's really hard, and annoying trying to get the dishes and vacuuming done while there's a sick baby screaming up at you, while permanently attached to your leg. The kids and I worked together this morning. Who knew a bottle of Windex could be so exciting to a 5 year old and a 2.5 year old. Now if only the dish washing fairy would work her magic in my kitchen. Ugh. I hate living like this. But my motivation is gone.

And now, here it is, after 5:00. Nothing made for dinner. Dishes not done. in my defense though, Karen has Mastitis, and I watched her boys fr most of the afternoon. Here's to hoping the energy fairy comes and lights a match under my ass. What I wouldn't give for a working dishwasher right now...Any requests?

~Lisa~

Warning! Extreme Cuteness Ahead!!

First, Mason started sticking his tongue out today!! BIG news for him, as he's a bit tongue tied, and has NEVER stuck his tongue out past his teeth. It took a few shots to get it though. He's become a total Ham in front of the camera lately :) Sorry about the blurriness. I needed to charge the batteries :)

This is Mason saying "La La La" :)He does have a top to his head, honest!! He was holding onto my leg while I was trying to get his picture, so it was hard to get him in the shot LOL.

And now!! Gone Beachin'!

Who said she could get so freakin' beautiful??? I mean, those EYES!(In case you didn't notice LOL)

And this one :) Despite the silly look on his face, he LOVED the water :)

Blinded by the Light... LOL Get that boy some SUN!!
Whether he wanted to or not, Daddy went swimming too. (He totally wanted to :))

I couldn't resist. This is CUTE :) hehehe...cheeky.

~Lisa~

The Party :)

My Mom LOVED her teapot cake. I wasn't thrilled with it. The bowl I used wasn't quite round enough, and then when Al was taking the second cake out, it broke :'( But, I improvised. Also, if you ever want to use Marzipan...keep in mind that HAS to dry over-night. Yeah. But, here it is...ignore the icing on the plate, I forgot to clean it off before taking the picture :)

We just had a low-key BBQ. Really great burgers from the Food service company(I'll do a post on it later! Promise!!) and Salad. And cake of course :)

I gave Jenna a haircut on Friday. I'm still deciding if I like it this length. But, her friend got a haircut, so of course, Jenna HAD to have one too. She likes it. I guess that's what matters most.

Seriously, for 1 year short of a half-century(See, I never said her age, did I!?) my mom looks pretty damn good!

Mason was practising for his birthday next month(ACK!!!) He kept trying to stick his hands in the cake LOL

Can't Wait for this afternoon, we're FINALLY getting to see Julie(Bo-Bolie)!!!!!

Have a good one!

~Lisa~

Happy Birthday to my MOM!!!

I'm so proud of myself...I didn't mess it up this year! Last year was just awful...I talked to her a few times on her birthday last year. And then called her the NEXT DAY to wish her a happy birthday. That's right...I got my own Mother's birthday wrong last year. Oh Yes. Awful.

I did much better today. I called. Today. The right day :) Go me. LOL

And she's coming for lunch on Saturday. Complete with a (Dear God I hope!) Teapot cake :) My mom collects teapots...she has close to 150!!! Crazy. I know. But I love her :)

Happy birthday mom!!



~Lisa~

Where have I BEEN!?

No where really...just busy.

We had a pretty good weekend. low key. Al had an ear infection, and Mason had a cold, so unfortunately, the camping trip we had planned was canceled. Hopefully we'll be able to go later in the summer :(

We Tried to do the Canada Day fireworks downtown...but about 2 minutes into the shower it started to rain a bit. Then about 4 minutes into the show it started to POUR! So, not much of a show was seen. But, the kids had a great time with their sparklers and light-up fans in the hour Before the show :)

We took the kids to the sprinklers/water park on Monday. I walked Mason over, to see what he would do. I swear, I have never heard him laugh so much in all his 10 months!! He walked right in to one of the fountains!!! Stuck his whole face in! And came out laughing and sputtering :) I love my water-baby boys :) Jenna's doing sooo much better too! Looks like she overcame her fear of water this summer :) Thank goodness!

I made the kids' day today. Took them to the library for the first time since Before Aidan was born!! Infact, the nicest lady ever to work at a library showed me the list of the over-due fines for Jenna's card(which we have since lost)...it came to $82.00!!! I swear, I had no idea. She canceled every single charge!!!! I was looking at the list...a bunch of the books were about babies....so I know that they were borrowed before Aidan :) It was so nice to go back!! The kids LOVED it, and I am sooo looking forward to new books to read. Next time I may even attempt to convince them to let Me look for a book or two :) It was so silly to stop going...and I don't even remember why we stopped!!

Looking forward to tomorrow. We're getting a grocery delivery. Hopefully we have room for everything!! There's so much food coming! LOL! I'm pretty sure they're saving us money though, which is awesome. We usually spend around $120/week on groceries(Which is mostly made up of no name/store brand items). With this company we'll be spending $82!! And it's all name brand stuff!! I'm really excited about the Heinz Ketchup and French's mustard! LOL! And the MEAT!! A freezer full of select grade, cut how WE wanted, packaged to avoid freezer burn, MEAT!! Yay!!

Mason is a cruising fool now!! Looks like he may walk before 1, just like his sister and brother! Hard to believe that 2 months ago he was a lump on a log:) LOL

Well, I think that was all..hmm.... OH!!!

Al bought me a present! For no reason other than to show me that he appreciates me!! A Tinkerbell Necklace!! YAY!! I LOVE IT!!! Hmm...Blogger isn't posting the picture...but trust me, it's COOL. Here's a link :) http://www.jewelryswan.com/green-fairy-necklace.html Jenna was so in love with mine, that I ordered her this one http://www.jewelryswan.com/small-rainbow-fairy.html as a passing gift. She's going to be so excited :)

Hugs to all!!!

~Lisa~

1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (EDITED TO ADD 3!!!)

Jenna at age 1!
Jenna at Age 2!
Jenna at age 3! (Thank You SOOO much Julie!!!)Jenna at Age 4!
Jenna at age 5!


~Lisa~

Party Pictures!!!

Here they are!! Party pics!!! We had SOOO much fun!! I missed a couple pictures, I'm hoping that my Mom has some :( Oh well...there's lots here :)

The girls started out with musical chairs, then they practiced their posture by balancing a book on their heads. After that they painted wooden jewlery boxes...

After that it was lunch. My Mom and Grandma taught the girls the "Proper" way to set a table for tea. LOL... Mmm...Lunch!! I made cucumber/cream cheese, PB&J, Ham& Cheese, Bologna, and Jam/cream cheese sandwiches!! SOOO Yummy :) And my Mom made a really great fruit tray.
And Now, my FAVOURITE part...the cakes :) I have one left over to take a better picture of, it'll come later. :) If you look at the teacup cake at the back/right, you can see the handle, I made them using melted white chocolate and a #5 shaped cookie cutter. :) A true labour of love. Of course, then I ran out of white chocolate and had to use pink...and LOST the cookie cutter! UGH!! I just freehanded teacup handles. I made the 'saucers' out of sugar cookies :)
Jenna with her 'best friend' (du'jour) Peyton.
My Birthday girl :)
After lunch and cake the girls played 'Pin the Spout on the Teapot'. It was SOOO Much fun :)
Jenna got a Skip-it!! And soooo many other presents. Man...good gift givers around these parts! lol
After some Simon Says, Freeze dancing and running around like hooligans...the party was over. And a huge success. Jenna and I were Both exhausted after the party :) About 7 seconds after I snapped this picture I was curled up in a very similar manner :)

Thanks for looking!!!

~Lisa~

Things to do while on hold with Bell Expressvu

1. Clean grubby hand prints off of giant windows.

2. Rescue baby from imminent strangulation by digital camera cable.

3. Get HUNG UP ON! BASTARDS!!!

4. Call back.

5. Tell "Emily" to bite me.

6. Eat an entire row of chewy chips ahoy cookies. BAD BAD BAD!!!

7. Blog.

8. Clean grubby hand prints off of TV.

9. Make a chocolate #5.

10. Drink a bottle of lemon water.

11. Check BZ.

12. Have the TV scare the CRAP out of you when it starts working again all on it's own.

13. Hang up.

~Lisa~

Counting down the days!!

First of all, this is a record setting SECOND post in One Day! WOOT! So, please read my earlier entry too...it's a Great one!!

So, on to This post!

Only 6 days until my little girl turns 5! Wow. I don't really know how this happened!! She's Very excited!

I'm really excited about her party this year. The invitations were a HIT! :) One of the mom's mentions them everytime I see her :) YAY ME!! Here's a picture...

Pretty cool eh :) That's right...hand drawn. Oh yes. Shameless bragging abounds today!

I got the custard cups I needed to make the tea cup cakes today. I realized late last night, OMG, I still didn't have them!! There's still lots to do, but it's coming together. I still need to decide if I am going to use chocolate icing for the "tea" on the the cupcakes, or if the brown gel will be more authentic...looking at it from a 5 year old perspective, I'm guessing the icing will be preferred. this is my inspiration:

The 'saucer' is a cookie :) Neat eh?

I'm still not sure about games. I'll maybe google victorian party games. Or I may stick to traditional games like musical chairs...pin the spout on the teapot...I probably need more though...

I think I'll get some small wooden boxes for the girls to paint. I'll probably set that up for when the arrive, then they have time to dry...hopefully :)

Jenna wants cut out sandwiches. Shaped like butterflies and hearts and flowers. I'm not sold on that yet :) I was just going to do finger sandwiches. Cut into small rectangles. I'll probably be the loser on this battle!! Maybe I can convince Al to do that part HAHA.

Anyway, best get some housework done. Too much party planning makes me sleepy :)

~Lisa~

YAHOO!!!!!!!

Oh Heavens. What a little sleep will do for everyone!!

Mason had mostly bottles all weekend. And was thrilled with it. Last night he was in bed by about 8:30 and not a peep was heard from him until 4:20! When he adamantly refused the breast, but gobbled up a bottle (Making me think I did the right thing weaning him). And! HE WENT BACK TO SLEEP!!!!!! Oh yes. sleep, glorious sleep!! Mind you, Jenna woke me up at 6:00AM. But still! YAY! Progress!!

Onto other even Bigger news!!

MASON CRAWLED TODAY!!! On Hands and Knees!!! He's been trying real hard lately, but finally mastered it today!

He's also sitting himslef up ALL THE TIME, climbing the stairs, and pulling himself to standing on Everything!! I hate this age as much as I love it! LOL!

Now I can't Wait to go for Mason's follow-up assessment to brag and gloat about all of Mason's new accomplishments :)

Thanks to everyone who offered support. I appreciated every word.

~Lisa~

The End. Almost.

I've decided to wean Mason. I think. Mostly.

We were doing pretty good. But then her got 4 gigantic teeth within 2 weeks. And he became a biter. Then he decided to be the boss of Me (as IF!), and went on a 36 hour nursing strike. Every since then it hasn't been the same for us. He's been disinterested. Not that I ever really shared the same nursing bond with Mason as I had with Aidan though. We were great in the beginning, but it's never been real 'special'.

I'm hoping, rather selfishly - go ahead, blast and berate, I can take it - that more formula during the day will help him make it through the night easier. I'm tired. I'm yelling too much. I'm fuzzy in my head. I'm done. I told my 9 1/2 month old to F-off this morning. Through tears so thick I could barely see him. This is NOT the kind of mommy my baby needs. The only excuse I had was that I was tired. Sounds pretty lame doesn't it.

So, on to a new era. Not a long one though. Mason will be 10 months old next Friday (Wait? WHAT??). So only a couple months of formula and then it's on to milk in a sippy for him :)

I'll probably still nurse him in the night(Who likes making bottles at 3AM anyway?) and I will probably keep his first morning nursing session too. But other than that, My boobies will be my own again.

I guess the up side to all this is new bras for me. woo...hoo **said with very little enthusiasm** I know I have shrunk. Which is totally unfair. But, whatever, I'll have an easier time finding my new size I'm sure...whatever that may be.

I am saddened by this decision. I mean...never again will I hold a newborn to my breast and pray so Hard for him to drink baby, drink. Never again will I have the satisfaction of knowing that my baby got to be so big, and so healthy because I nourished him with my own body. Mason is our last. My Baby forever. It's weird.

I dont know if I'm weepy tonight because I am sad to be moving on, or because I'm so sleepy. :)

~Lisa~

I don't get it. I don't know what I am doing wrong. For a week now Mason has been back to his old 'get-up-at-the-effing-crack-of-dawn' tricks. I feel like my head is going to explode. Today he's been awake since 4:40. I tried everything to get him to go back to sleep. Including bringing him to bed with me, which I know is his favourite place to sleep. but no. He didn't want to sleep. He wanted to kick and jab and pinch and be a general PITA!

Al's no help. Whenever Mason gets near him in bed he gets all pissy and moves over. Granted, he is a heavy sleeper, but still. Wake the hell up and give ME a friggin break would ya!

I did get to go back to bed once this past week. for an extra hour. until Al woke me up to ask where the effing Wipes were. OMG.

See?!? I am totally losing my mind.

Lisa

Is the Devil wearing a snowsuit!?

Because seriously!!

Yesterday, Mason did all of the following...

1. Pulled himself to standing using Jenna's dollhouse. Not real sturdy standing, but he was up on his feet!!

2. Climbed the stairs. Only up two, but I am quite sure that if we had let him, he would have tackled the entire flight!

3. Sat himself up. Or down perhaps...he gets himself onto his knees, and then can sit from that position.

4. Not yesterday, but he is getting really good at getting himself back onto his belly from a sitting position.

YAY!! What a monkey. I knew, as soon as I said anything about him being delayed, he'd advance leaps and bounds. Now he's really giving us a run for our money!

AND!!

Jenna and Aidan had popcorn for a snack yesterday. They made a mess on the floor (as usual). BUT!! Jenna came into the kitchen while I as doing dishes, and said to me:

"Mom, I was wondering if I could ask you a favour?"
"Can you show me how to work the vacuum? I need to clean up the popcorn mess."

Oh yes. She did. I know. I had to pick up my jaw from the floor too!!

Things are looking up around here :)

~Lisa~

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!

Or, more correctly I'm Alive! I just never seem to get a chance to Blog during the week. I kept thinking, "I should blog about this" and now that I have a few minutes, I can't think of a single thing!!

We went garage saleing with my mom and george last Saturday. It started out just fine. BUt then we went to cookstown, and down came the rain. By the lakeful it seemed. The kids didn't seem to care. Just splashed through every puddle they could fine, and carried on! My mom figures she's created seasoned garage salers at the tender ages of 4 and 2 :)

Jenna earned herself a new bike! It's pretty. Purple and Silver. She rode it once and declared that it was time to take off the training wheels LOL!

Henry has been having a good couple of weeks. Scores are up, behaviours are down :) It's been lovely.

Mason has started trying to pull himself up to his knees on everything. Me, the cupboard shelves, the bathtub. He's been told to stop numerous times, but insists on growing up. Silly baby.

Aidan is still doing AWESOME on the toilet!! I can't believe how easy it was to train him :D

Jenna is almost finished school for the year. She's going to be so upset when it's over. Every day she asks me when she's going back :) Which is great, but will be so hard on her in the summer. Hopefully I can make it fun enough that she'll get over it quick enough.

Her birthday is on the 25th. I can't believe my little girl is going to be FIVE!! I've got her tea party mostly planned. I figured out the invitations finally. I LOVE them!! I drew a teapot, cut out 2 of them, and glued them together, leaving the top open. The I cut a paper in the shape of a tea bag and wrote on it, "My day would be much brighter, and I'd be happier too, if I could turn 5 years old, sipping tea with you. So Dress up in your finery and come enjoy a cup with me!" That's on one side, on the other is the party date etc. Then I stapled some string to the 'tea bag' and then stapled a little square on the other end, and wrote the girls' names on that :) Then the 'tea bag' slides into the tea pot!!! I am so stinkin' proud of these!!! I hope the party holds up to the invitations! LOL

I went crazy in the kitchen yesterday!! Moved the microwave (twice) pulled out the fridge and cleaned behind it. EWWW!!! Gagnasty!! I sorted and tossed and wiped and washed. It looks sooo much better. Jenny offered us a tall white corner cupboard for the kitchen, so I am hoping it's going to fit!! It means losing a couple feet of counter space, but the organization/storage factor alone makes up for it!! I'm very excited.

I can't think of anything else. Hope all is well with you!!

~Lisa~

Milestones!!

Mason is such a monkey :)

Yesterday, I gave him a banana flavoured Arrowroot cookie for the first time. He LOVED it!! I went to wipe off the goo when he was finished, and he looked at me, and SHOOK HIS HEAD NO!!! YAY!!

Same this morning when I was giving him his breakfast. He was nearing the end of the bowl, and again, shook his head No to tell me he didn't want any more!!

This morning he was in bed with me, climbing all over me, and he ALMOST got himself into a sitting position. Soooooo close :)

It's a lovely relief.

~Lisa~

The Little People Farm that SHOULDN'T!

Okay. So, I haven't exactly been eating very well lately. So poorly infact that I have gained Back 4 pounds in 2 weeks. Bah.

Aidan has a Little People Farm. For those that don't know, it make sounds. Sheep, horses, chickens.

And Cows.

Everytime I've walked past it today, it has Moo'd at me. that's right. Moo'd.

I was sitting on the couch feeling sorry for myself because Al is working late yet again. Eating Chocolate ice cream straight out of the container. About 15 feet from the barn.

And it moo'd.

I gave it the finger.

And scraped the container clean.

Take THAT Fisher Price!

~Lisa~

Mason's Optional 9 Month check-up.

Didn't go as smoothly as every mother hopes. Well, he's very healthy, and a hefty 23.6lbs! The size of a 12 month old for goodness sakes! Yikes.

However, I voiced some concerns. And they were heard.

Mason doesn't crawl yet. Not in the traditional way on hands and knees anyway.

Mason doesn't get himself into a sitting position. He can sit when sat though.

Mason doesn't pull himself up on furniture yet. He can stand with support and bear all his weight.

Mason's eye contact is limited.

Mason doesn't laugh very often.

Mason has a very unexpressive face.

All these things add up I guess. It looks and sounds awful in a list.

Our doctor spent quite a lot of time with him today. For a doctor's standards anyway.

The good news is:

He rolls from side to side.

He does play shy.

He sometimes enjoys playing peek-a-boo.

He babbles very well, and I am pretty sure he can say the word Bubble!!

and It's very obvious that he loves his Mama.(And Daddy of course...actually, I think he likes Daddy Better :))

So, other than wondering if he has poor muscle tone for his size(He's quite the chubs!) I didn't get many answers today.

I think he is fine. But I can't help but replay the moment when I was about 8 months pregnant, when Al wondered aloud to me if I was meant to work with ASD children, because God was trying to prepare me for our future.

So scary.

I have to take him back in 2 months for a follow-up assessment.

Hopefully by then I'll be able to laugh at my concerns.

~Lisa~

And a good time will be had by all...we hope.

WAHHH!!! My boys (Well, 2 of the 3) just left for their first annual boys only camping weekend. Al and Aidan are meeting up with my George and my brother Brian for a couple days. I'm sure they will all have a really great time. I sure am going to miss my little boy though!

He's so excited to go. I woke him up at 5:30 this morning and he nearly leaped out of bed he was so excited.

I'm sure I totally over packed for them :) I tend to do that. Better safe than sorry seems to be my motto :)

Jenna, Mason and I are meeting up with my Mom and SIL Philicia to do some Garage sale-ing. Then we may go round to my grandma's and then my uncle's. Should be an interesting day. Then we get to go have a sleep-over at my Mom's. Pray for me. My mom and I are Great friends. But she annoys that crap out of me when we're together too long :) I think she forgets that even though my brother and SIL let her mother their baby, I am the mother to my kids. She's the Grandma, intended for spoiling. :) I swear she forgets what it was like to have little kids.

Mason is refusing to nurse from my left breast. It's breaking my heart, because it's probably all my fault :( He bit me yesterday morning. I said, rather sternly, OUCH!...Just like all the books say to do. STUPID BOOKS!! I AM NEVER READING ANOTHER BOOK AS LONG AS I LIVE!! Okay, that may be a bit of an exaggeration. But seriously. I am going to EXPLODE!! My pump isn't working right, and won't pump me :( I look like a freak, one loose and saggy mom of 3 boob, and the other firm and rather 21-ish.

Well, I think that's about all that's going on around here. Aidan is doing AWESOME with toilet training. Should be interesting to see how he comes back from camping...but I'm trying not to worry about that :)

Have a great weekend all!!

~Lisa~

Product Review!!

After reading about Julie (www.jaabee.blogspot.com) getting the recommendation for firming lotion, I thought to myself "OF COURSE!!!" After three babies, and three c-sections, and 33 pounds lost...I need HELP! in the tummy regions.

We went to Wal-Mart on Sunday, and at the last minute I remembered that I wanted to look for some firming lotion. Well, there weren't many to choose from. But there was Dove. I am a Huge fan of Dove products (Highly recommend their shampoo and conditioners!! Better than Pantene!! Really!) so I figured that's the one I would try. I think it cost $6.97 for 200mL. It's called Dove Intensive Firming Lotion. It looks like this...

I've used it once a day since Sunday night. Already I can see a difference!! Al said he could see a change too! Yay!! the back of the bottle says "Testing proves: After 1 week, skin appears significantly smoother and more youthful. After 2 weeks, skin appears noticeably firmer." I can't wait to see my tummy after 2 weeks of this :)

I highly recommend this product!!! 5+ Stars!!!

~Lisa~

Success!!

You may remember me writing awhile ago about beginning to toilet train Aidan. Yeah. that lasted one day. The next day was a total disaster.

Fast forward to Friday. I decided it was time to give it another go. Long weekend was here, Al would be home to back me up...perfect.

Apparently, I was RIGHT!!

Aidan is doing Incredible!!! Has told me twice now that he wants to pee on the toilet(We skipped the potty, I figured, why bother?) and hasn't peed in his underwear since early friday morning!!! We have had a poop accident, but that's to be expected.

I even managed a Wal-Mart trip this morning!! I did have him ry to go while we were there, but the person in the stall next to up flushed, and scared him. So that was a no go...but he stayed dry!!!

He went at the babysitter's too!!! This was an issue last time too. He wouldn't pee on anyone's toilet but ours LOL. But, with the bag of Smarties strategically placed directly in front of him, he went for me, and then went for Laura after I left too!! YEAH!!

I think there may be a light at the end of this tunnel :)

Oh and even better? When I was at Wal-Mart? I only bought ONE package of Diapers :) In Size 4, for the BABY!!! WOOHOO!!

It's so cute seeing my boy's bum in his little Spider-Man underwear :)

~Lisa~

I don't think he likes it!!

Mason has been very resistant to eating any food with texture or lumps in it. I got him the Heinz Mixed Vegetables for 8+ months. It has chunks of potato in it. Oh how he hates it!!! Today I was trying again. He kept closing his eyes tight, and clamping his lips together. It almost looked like he was trying to pretend to sleep in an effort to avoid the vile substance I kept shoving in his mouth :) poor Mason.

Hey cool! In the first picture you can see a drop off food falling after he pushed the spoon away! there's a showdow of it on his bib. lol...small things...

~Lisa~

Toofies!!!

And then!!

Ugh. Henry, unlike many autistic children does not like numbers/counting/etc. He has a program where he is given a number card and has to then match it to a corresponding pile of the same number of blocks. He's made it to 6. And he hates it. And I dread it. But, we;ve made it to 6 right, so that's great progress. HA.

I set up the program today, and the first thing he does, naturally, is throws the card onto the closest pile. He knows it's wrong. And I know he can do this. So we try again. And it escalates. I remove him from the table when I see he's about to sweep everything off of it. And then the struggle to keep him on the couch escalated to him biting my sweater. I KNOW that it should NOT ever come to this, but he's so damn quick, and I'm so damn tired :( no excuse for me.

So I pull my arm back, and notice blood! Good lord, I nearly passed out, I have NO idea how it happened, but Henry's Tooth was imbedded in my sleeve!!! ACK!!! And OMG, the blood. It's been 20 years since I lost the tooth Henry lost today, but I don't remember the tooth being so freakin Long!! Or there being that much Blood!! He was SOOOO freaked out. I was almost crying right along with him.

You should have seen me...in hindsight I am sure it was hilarious to watch me...rushing him to the bathroom, scooping cold water into his resistant mouth, looking around frantically for a damn cloth, or cup or someone to take over while I collapsed :) I finally kicked into gear and got his shirt off(he can't tolerate wearing wet clothes) and a shirt of Aidan's on him. Then realized that the best thing would be some cold wet paper towel on the gap. the bleeding slowed down pretty quickly after that...thankfully.

I called Jenny right away, and did everything I could to calm to poor kid, who had NO idea that teeth fall out! he is almost 6, so the timing is right...but still, I wish it hadn't happened on my watch.

Jenny was so sad that she missed him losing his first tooth :) I gave her our extra tooth fairy box, and loaned her Jenna's tooth fairy book.

I tell you, these past two days have been more stressful than...well, something really stressful :)

~Lisa~

Mama said there'd be days like this.

Days when you wake up in the morning and everything goes fairly well, considering you have 3 kids, who all decided that 5AM was the time to start getting up for the day.

Days where you are pleased that the drop off at daycare went smoothly, gas was under $1.00/litre, and you got the copies made you need for work. AND made it to work on time, despite the 2 kilometres of construction on the ONE road into the town you work in.

Days where work went fairly smoothly, with only one, 3 minute tussle with your charge.

And then...

Days where your boss has concerns about your consulting therapist. Concerns that you share. Concerns that are very valid.

Days where you decide to mention a couple of these concerns to said consulting therapist in the nicest way possible, only to have those concerns thrown back in your face, and turned around on your boss whom you have come to love like a sister...really.

Days where you realize how damn naive you are, and that there are A LOT of people out there that are just 'in it' for the money.

Days where you see the ugly green power trip monster, who cannot explain him/herself.

Days where your damn period is back with a vengence and you just want to bite the greedy, petty, freakin' HEAD off of said consulting therapist.

Days where you can't even see straight for confusion over what is being said.

Days when stupid consulting therapist cancels a consultation meeting FOR TOMORROW! When said therapist KNOWS that I have questions for her.

Days when stupid consultion therapist is Supposed to be a close friend, but probably just uses you to shit on, and you take it because you are LOUSY at making new friends.

Ugh.

And then your faith in people is restored when said 'love her like a sister' boss sends the most beautifully written email to stupid consulting therapist with this included:
"He(nry)'s a little boy who's got lots of struggles and a long road ahead and some days are just putting in the day to get us through. At this point, other than family, no one has a better grasp of that than Lisa. She is a compassionate therapist who is genuinely committed to helping him. She always speaks highly of you and your work and seems refreshed after your consults"

Days where you want to cry with relief to know that someone out there realizes that the place between the rock and the hard place is full of Anger, Confusion, and PMS. And knows the words to say to smooth the wrinkles, and calm the fears.

I hate being a grown-up.

I hate days like this.

~Lisa~

See? She has manners!!

I made Shake and bake chicken, noodles and carrots for dinner tonight. 3 of the kids favourites. Or so I thought.

Partway through dinner Jenna turns to me and potlitely says...

"I know you worked hard to make this dinner for us Mom...but I don't like it."

LMAO!!!

I politely replied back to her...

"I'm sure you worked hard to tell me that so politely, but you're going to eat it anyway."

And she did. Everything but three pieces of Chicken :)

~Lisa~

A week's worth!!

Man! I have such a hard time getting back here to post lately! And there's so much I would have liked to have gotten recorded. Oh well, hopefully I can remember what last week held :)

If I had blogged last Wednesday...
I would have written about our trip to the park. Karen invited us to a park we'd never been to before. It was really nice. There was this HUGE Spider that nearly ruined it for me, but we moved :) Karen also invited another Mom that I have met a couple times at playgroup with Henry. She's nice enough...a little strange, but her kids are freakin' adorable :) It was a fun day.

If I had blogged on Thursday...
I would have written about how I had a great day with Henry. He was really on his game and scores were pretty good. I had a rough day with Jenna though. She lied to be about something on Wednesday, so her punishment was not getting to play with any friends after school. Oh my. You would have thought I had told her that I was moving and not taking her with me!! She screamed and cried and screamed some more all the way home. I tell ya, she is going to be the death of me.

If I had blogged on Friday...
It would have mostly been about laundry :) Also my Mom came over. Jenna's school had a grandparent's Tea and Tour. It was nice. I was also reminded why my Mom gets on my nerves LOL. She seems to expect so much more from my kids than she did from my brother and I...either that or my kids really are little unpolite devils. Ugh.

I also would have wished my Dad a Very Happy Birthday :)

If I had blogged on Saturday...
I would have written about an incredible Model Train Show. I tell ya, model trains aren't usually my thing, but this was Cool!! There was a steel shed all set up. They even dimmed the lights down in the room and turned on the 'town' lights and train lights. So neat. So, if you're ever in Aberfoyle...there's an awesome train show there a couple times a year :) There was a couple funny things...first, at the 'beach', if you look back in the trees, there's an srtist painting a nude model :) And right at the beginning there's a guy standing down below, looking up at some cliffs with binoculars. I said to my Mom(Oh yes, the torture continued) that I wonder what he's looking at....so we followed his line of sight...and saw that he's peeping at 2 naked girls sunbathing! LMAO!!! But really, other than those two things...it's totally kid friendly :) I have pictures, just have to download the camera :)

If I had blogged on Sunday...
I could have written about checking out a new grocery store here in town. Called Food Basics. Great prices there!! Pretty comparable to No Frills...they're owned by A&P. Pretty boring other than that. I like boring sometimes.

So, there you are. All caught up to date. Except that every one of those nights Mason was up with a fever :( I'm guessing more teeth are coming in already...poor monkey. He seems to be feeling better...knock on wood.

~Lisa~

They like me, they Really Like Me!!!

I got a raise!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!! At a time so perfect I nearly wept with joy and relief when Jenny said the new number.

I knew it was coming. Another family contacted me awhile ago to see if I was available to do therapy for their Daughter. I haven't made my decision on that yet (It means missing SO much of Mason's (and Aidan's and Jenna's of course, but they're older...okay, shutting up now) life...I'm not quite prepared to do that. So, I guess when I told Jenny about the other family, she got scared that they were trying to steal me away from them :) never gonna happen, I love Henry WAY more than is professional really :) I swear, he's like my 4th child. But, it worked out well, because Jenny made sure I was well aware that they would fight for me!

Anyway, Jenny went on and on about how thrilled they are with the changes in Henry's life in the past year. How they like that I am a mother, that I know how far I can push Henry, and when to pull back, but that I also know that he Needs those pushes to advance :) There was so much more, but I have a hard time bragging, and receiving praise, so I am stopping now :)

Bad news (in a way) is that they are NOT happy with Karen, and have asked another consultant to come in at the end of the month to interview to replace her. I can't say I am surprised. There are sooo many reasons why Karen should be replaced. But, I am very scared that it's going to make it hard for me. I rely on Karen's input a lot. She's been at this for almost 6 years, and really does know what she's doing. I have a feeling she'll cut me off from any and all information just to spite them. Man, that really worries me. But, like Jenny suggested, it really does give her quite the power trip. I'm not sure why, but Jenny also said she doesn't like the way Karen speaks to me...I wonder if it's because Karen tends to interrupt me, and talk over me...but then, I have that problem with a lot of people. :) Anyway, this is not about her.

So, I am set for another year with Henry. Whom I love and adore. I am also Definitely going to be able to afford to take courses with The Geneva Centre for Autism. I can't WAIT!!! WOOHOO!!

~Lisa~

Slow down, you move too fast. Gotta make the moment last...

Oh man. It's happening. My baby is (*GASP*) growing up. His two bottom teeth are finally cutting through. Onto the adorable toothy smiles :)

And!! my totally genius son waves now!! Like really waving, not just flopping his arm around. It's freakin' CUTE I tell ya!!

He's still just doing an army man crawl thing, but he's FAST!

Still not up to eating anything with any consistency to it other than mush, but I'm not pushing him :)

He's still loving the boob. I'm not pushing that away either. Despite being tired of the night feedings, and the pressure from others saying he doesn't need it anymore. I quite honestly don't care if he doesn't need breastmilk at night. I want him to know that I'm there for him, and will offer him comfort when he needs it. If that comfort comes in the shape of a boob...so be it.

Our baby sitter has a walker (Gasp! shock! horror!) Mason LOVES it she says. He cruises all around in it, forward, backward, gets himself unstuck, he's amazing :)

He's also still VERY cuddly :) I definitely love that about him.

I think he's going to be like my brother when it comes to water...part fish. He LOVES bath time, and crawls all over the place in the tub :) I can't wait to take him to the beach this summer :)

Mason's already 8 months old!! Which means if he's like Aidan, he'll be walking by next month! I doubt it though, Aidan was a much stronger baby than Mason is. I don't mind. Aidan grew up too fast when he started walking so early.

I'm grateful we had another.

~Lisa~

Wow.

I hate to be biased....but seriously, this is one beautiful girl :)


~Lisa~

Smart people.

Mason is smart. We ordered Pizza for dinner...yes I know I will regret it. Not I do not care at the moment. Anyway!! Mason started freaking out in his exersaucer, so i picked him up, sat him on my lap and pretended to NOT be eating that tempting looking meal on the plate just out of baby's reach. He caught me once, and got a couple fingers full of sauce. After that it was ON!! I turned him around (Facing me) and held the pizza behind his back. When he would turn to look at the other kids, I would take a bite. It was working. But then I think he caught on. He grabbed onto my lips with one hand and then whipped around trying to get my slice with his other hand. LOL He's totally not ready for pizza, I gave him a couple kernels of rice (Is rice a kernel???) bits?? hmm...anyway, gave him a wee bit of rice and he promptly gagged and vomited. Yeah, we're sticking with mush for now :)

Julie is smart. She posted her 10 minutes routine on her blog.(http://jaabeemom.blogspot.com/) 10 minutes is a long time ya know! I got 3 'sessions' in before dinner arrived, and what a huge difference it made! In my 1st 10 I got the sink full of dishes put away, and the kitchen a little tidier, put down the play pen and put away the toys that were in it. In the 2nd 10 I got the toy area picked up, and looking a whole lot neater. In the 3rd 10 I got the front hall, bathroom and kitchen swept, as well as tended to the kids a bit. I feel so much better, and I've only done 30 minutes of work. Man, when Al reads this, he's got to be expecting a lot more from me around here LOL!! He'll be all..."Do you know how many 30 minutes there are in a day?" And I am going to be all "Do you remember the last time we had sex....good thing. HMPH!" LMAO!!!

Jenna is smart...she's already started asking to go to her friends' houses tomorrow....she'll ask until I am completely and utterly exhausted by telling her I will think about it! LOL

Al is smart. Just as I am starting to yet again feel like a single parent, he calls to say he's on his way home :)

Aidan is smart. He knows about 90% of his letter sounds, and the best way to get a snack :)

~Lisa~

Fun :)

Jenna is becomming quite the social butterfly :) Every day after school there either tears or cheers from my girl :) Depending on how I respond to the instant pleas to play at Leah's or Peyton's or Kattie's houses :)

I like Peyton a lot. She's a junior like Jenna (For my american readers, we have Junior and then Senior Kindergarten, and then grade one. Yes, Grade One, not First Grade :)) Jenna and Peyton play SO well together. Leah bugs me quite honestly, and I can always tell the days when Jenna and Leah have played together a lot. Leah's whiney, and bossy, and makes secret clubs that always leaves someone out. I am Sure that she has some kind of social delays, which makes it hard for me to dislike her too much, but holy whiney-pants batman!!! She's a senior, so hopefully next year will change.

Peyton is here playing today. It's so amazing to watch Jenna play. Aside from her bossiness and unwillingness to let her brother join in the fun, she's doing great :) Her and Peyton are great together. I hope that if we let them play together often, that they become good friends.

It's fun to watch my little girl grow up :)

~Lisa~

Nice try son.

Aidan has been resisting bedtime lately. Tonight was no different, despite threats of calling the Easter Bunny and telling him not to bring chocolate to this bad little boy.

This is how the conversation went...

A(Screaming): MOMMY MOMMY MOMMMMMMYYYYYYY!!!

Me: What Aidan?

A: I not sleepy yet.

Me: Fine, look at your book for a few minutes then lay down and GO TO SLEEP!

A: What's this kinda book?

Me: Magic School bus, go to sleep.

A: What kinda Magic school bus book?

Me: I don't know, GO TO SLEEP Aidan!!

A: I'n not wanna go to Sleep ANY MORE!!

Me: Too bad buddy, it's bed time, and the Easter Bunny is NOT going to come until you are sleeping!

A: I wanna go to the CORNER!!

Me: (Desperately trying no to laugh) Nope, you need to lay down on your pillow and go to sleep.

A: But I'n not listening to you Mommy.

Oh man, I was rolling with laughter inside.

What kid sends themself to the corner!? Seriously!?

He slays me...all the time :)

And I lub him soo larry larry much :)

~Lisa~

The post with no name.

Henry had an Awesome day today!!! He scored 80% on both Eye Contact and Responds to Name!! He's never scored that high in the near year I have been working with him!! Jenny and I were talking about the change in him, and she mentioned that he is always a totally different boy in the summer. I'm going to look into it more. I mentioned a Vitamin D supplement, but he's already on one. So I'm not sure what else to suggest for the winter. Maybe one of those sun/light machine things...I can't think of the name of it.

I am sooo not ready for Easter. I was supposed to go out this afternoon to get everything, but I guess Karen forgot she was going to watch Aidan, and wasn't home when I got home this afternoon. I hate to be so disappointed by something so trivial, but I am constantly watching Logan for her...and am not getting much in return. I even had to take all three kids to the clinic the other day, because she had to cook dinner :( It's so hit and miss with her. Frustrating. She came over this afternoon, Mason was screaming because he was so tired, Jenna and Aidan were asking for Juice, it was a regular moment here really. Karen said I should go to bed as soon as the kids do tonight. When I said I couldn't since I want to go get the Easter stuff she said she should do the same tonight...but no offer to do it together or anything...and now she's already left. I hate that she's always trying to out do me. Gets annoying. Anyway, enough whining. She is a good friend most of the time...

I weighed in today. Blah. I was 148 last Thursday. Keep in mind though, that was after I was sick, and hadn't eaten anything but crackers for 2 days. I am back up to 150.5 today. It's so disheartening after how good I was all week. Whatever. I'll keep trying. I miss that good feeling of knowing my weight was down. And as an added incentive, if I can get below 147, I get a decresed rate on my life insurance :) Now if that isn't motivation...LOL Good news is though, Jenny was up .5, so that made me feel better :)

That cake is totally to blame. WOW!! Al said it was the best cake I have ever made. yay me!! And Yay JulieQ for the awesome idea.

Well, Aidan is asking me to do his Thomas puzzle....Duty Calls.

~Lisa~

Oh JulieQ!!

You had better be a happily married woman.

I made your chocolate cake today(we're finally all over the tummy bug).

Oh....My...GOODNESS!!!!! I just used a Betty Crocker cake mix (Chocolate Chocolate Chip) but that frosting!!!!! I haven't had a piece yet (waiting for Al to get home) but I did sample the icing a wee bit. WOW!!! It's Perfect!!!! And it made a great amount!! I hate getting icing in the container, there's NEVER enough in one, and too much in two!

I swear, if the cake is every bit as delicious as it looks and smells, Al may leave me for you!!

I'll let you know how it goes over!

~Lisa~

Rough few days...

Mason's been fighting a fever for a few days now. It's been low grade, so I figured that maybe it was from teething. But it's been over 48 hours now (off and on). I took him to the clinic yesterday afternoon(Fastest clinic visit EVER! In and out in under 40 minutes) He has a slight ear infection in his right ear. I'm so glad I took him in. Poor baby. I wonder if he'll be like Jenna; she Always got an ear infection when she was getting new teeth...and she always got two teeth at a time :) Expensive over-achiever!!

So, that's where I've been. Administering LOTS of cuddles.

~Lisa~

Our weekend. And other ramblings...

It's been a pretty good weekend here. We got the kids some Easter presents on Saturday, I am most excited about the Buzz Lightyear swimming trunks I found for Aidan!! He is NEVER going to take them off :) Still looking for some things for Jenna, but I'm sure a trip down the hair and nails aisles at Wal-mart will solve that :)

Driving home from getting some wicker paper plate holders from a freecycler we saw a fire beside a river. About 100 feet from a house. It wasn't big at all, but the flames were about 4-5 feet high. So we quickly turned the van around and Al called 911 from a gas station(the ONE time I didn't have my phone...figures). by the time we got back to it the flames weren't very high at all, but it was still spreading. We were the only people that called about it. I'm not sure if that surprises me or not. But i feel like a better person because of it, and I am SO glad the kids were with us to learn that kind of life lesson. That's important to me. Jenna was funny. She gets so concerned about things like that, and said to me "I don't want fire to burn down our whole village!!" LOL! Village! We live in the fastest growing city in Canada(as of a couple years ago anyway, it may have changed)! We're about 120,000 people now...and probably a lot more!

We just laid low today. Did some grocery shopping. Had a nap.

I've been trying really hard the past few days to watch what I eat, and my portions. It's actually not too hard yet. We got McDonalds for lunch yesterday, and I got the fajitas, and a side salad. I NEVER do that, trust me, I don't care what the findings on Supersize Me were, I could eat there ALL THE TIME :) And then, I was full enough after the fajitas, that I saved the salad for lunch today :) Yay me. After being sick last week, I weighed myself at Henrys(I don't have a scale) I weighed 148 lbs!! I was SOOOO Ecstatic to see a number under 150!! So I decided then and there that it's time to stop kidding myself that the weight is going to sneak off in the night sometime, and do something about it. I'm going to borrow Jenny's Pilates DVD too. Hopefully I don't give up on this. I've been trying to drink a lot of water when i find myself hungry at all, after I have eaten. i don't know if that's the best idea or not, but it seems to be working for now.

Bad news for me...my period came back. With explains the headaches and crabbiness lately I guess. I'm not complaining too loudly though. Mason is 7 1/2 months old...so I've gone 15 1/2 months without one :P I know, I am truly blessed by the breastfeeding gods :) Although, starting this new eating better thing, and having my period at the same time...NOT FUN!! All I want is copious amounts of chocolate. NOW. LOL

I think Mason's teeth are really bothering him :( He's been really cranky, and inconsolable all weekend :( Tempra is helping, but I wish those teeth would just poke through already!! Jenna and Aidan got their teeth earlier (4 and 5 months), and neither seemed to be too bothered by them :( This is new for me.

Better run, Al is almost done with the kids in the bath.

Happy Sunday!

~Lisa~

I'm such a dork.

I will never ever unintentionally cut off a trucker again EVER!! I was driving to work this morning, and was coming to a set of lights that have a second lane to the right, which merges after the lights(Does that make sense?? there's a lot of trucks in that area, so it makes it easier to get ahead of their slow asses...ahem...)

So,this morning, I pull into the second lane, behind another van, beside a truck(as in an 18 wheeler truck, no trailer). The van decides at the last second he's turning right into Bradford Greenhouses. UGH! So, naturally i have to totally boot it to get ahead of the truck and three other vehicles that are behind it, since no one ever lets me in. Yeah. That was the stupidest idea I had all day. I apparently was trying to outrace Mr. Not-letting-anyone-infront-of-me-EVER. The bugger would NOT let me in. So I run out of merging lane, and am on the shoulder trying to get in front of this guy. I know, it was dumb, I should have slowed down and waited my turn. I know.

But THEN! I get back infront of him and he's riding my ass the whole way to my turn off. AND THEN HE TURNED TOO!! ACK! I totally convinced myself that he was so pissed off at me that he was going to follow me all the way to Henry's and do mean things to me when I got there. I, like the chicken I am, turned down a different road and let him go on without me. Go ahead, laugh at me. I even said out loud, "I am totally turning this corner" LOL.

Luckily he went on his way, and didn't pull over to wait for me to get back onto my road so that he could follow me and do mean things to me.

What did I learn today boys and girls???

Always wait your turn.

~Lisa~

Take one down, pass it around...

we all have had the flu now, except Mason. Although, he isn't eating or sleeping well, so I'm guessing he's not feeling well now too.

Ugh. There is nothing worse than being the Mommy and being a very sick mommy :(

Al was AMAZING last night. He came home, did the dishes, folded laundry, and took care of me. Then in the night he gave Mason a bottle. When Mason woke up to play at 4:30, Al took care of him then too. Yeah, I think I'll keep him.

Well, on another note, it snowed all day yesterday, so we'll be having Julie's chocolate cake this weekend :) As long as the sickies are all gone.

Going to lay down.

~Lisa~

6 Quirks...

Thanks for tagging me Julie!!

1. I never pee with the light off. No matter what time of day it is.

2. I always have to put my glasses on when I get out of bed. Whether to pee, or feed the baby. I feel very vulnerable without them on. I'm afraid of getting Laser eye surgery because of it.

3. I can't pronounce Chiropracter properly. I pronounce it Choir-Practer. My grandma does too :)

4. I have a lot of trouble eating in front of other people. I'll turn down food even if I'm hungry, or I will hold my hand in front of my mouth. It's crazy, and I don't know why it bothers me so much but it does. I have to be Very comfortable with a person before I can eat normally with them.

5. I pick up accents and voice inflections very easily. Because of this I find that I also pick up on what people say, and adopt their way of speaking when I am with them. For example...my mother says "Oh Dear" A LOT...and when I speak with her, I do it too...drives me crazy. My friend Karen and I say Dude a lot...but I don't know if it was her or I that started it LOL. Al and I say Prawly for yes, and Yuh You for I love you. I blame the children for that :) When I'm in Timmins, I pick up on my FIL and BIL's Timmins French accent...see what I mean??

6. I very rarely stay in jammies or sweats all day. Even if I've done nothing but be a couch potato, I still feel better about it if I have been dressed while doing it.

I tag JulieQ and Jessica. And anyone else that is reading this and feels like it...you're tagged to! But be sure to tell me about it!! i like to know who's out there reading about us :)

~Lisa~

We had a much better night last night. Jenna woke me up once. I think it was probably just because she slept a lot in the day yesterday and really wasn't tired anymore. However, at 1 in the morning? I think not sweetheart.

She's only thrown up once today, but still isn't looking herself yet. Or acting much herself either. For example: She shared a blanket with Aidan...her idea. She asked me to get Aidan's paints for him when she was painting...no yelling at him first to leave her alone. She didn't get mad at me when I turned off the Princess movie(it was over) and put on The Letter Factory for Aidan(for the eleventy billionth time). Yeah, I like it when she's sick...there's no shame in that :)

I'm still really very sleepy, but getting there.

I also have a sore throat.

Am DOOMED.

~Lisa~

Ugh.

I've been awake since 3:30 this morning. Jenna came into my room retching. An hour later it was Aidan coughing, and nearly throwing up. Just as I was getting him settled, it was Jenna again. And then Mason woke me up at 5:15 in his very unpopular playtime routine. Al took him after I got him fed, but then Aidan woke me up with his coughing. I was rocking him to sleep again, and Jenna started throwing up downstairs AGAIN! (poor girl, everytime she threw up it seemed I was with Aidan or Mason. She said to "Why do you keep leaving me all alone?" WAH!!! I am only one Mommy!!!)

Aidan threw up after a couple bites of toast this morning, but has since been fine. Jenna hasn't stopped throwing up since 3:30 :(

Knock on wood, it seems to have avoided Mason, Al and I for now.

But I am so so tired now.

Updates to follow I'm sure :(

~Lisa~